#BD8525#BD8525

#BD8525 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.126 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8525
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 37)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 80.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, 13.28, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 57.87, 76.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.0311 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.126 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7099, 27.7300, 5.5376)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8525 #255DBD

analogous

#BD3925 #BD8525 #A9BD25

triadic

#BD8525 #25BD85 #8525BD

tetradic

#BD8525 #25BD39 #255DBD #BD25A9

square

#BD8525 #25BD39 #255DBD #BD25A9

split-complementary

#BD8525 #25A9BD #3925BD

monochromatic

#573D11 #8A611B #BD8525 #DBA345 #E5BD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BD8525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BD8525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8525

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8525	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998812

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.126 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a868',
    500: '#bd8525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8525;
$custom-light: #d6a868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65697,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8525

secondary

#7293CC

accent

#7DEA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8525

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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